10 Genentech engineering leaders
Vivian Kam, Senior Director of Engineering at Genentech, is one of ten Genentech engineering leaders listed here, alongside people who hold director and head roles in process, automation, facilities and software engineering at the company. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Genentech from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Anibal Gonzalez
LinkedInExperience: Director, Head of Automation Systems and Digital Integration - Cell and Gene Therapy · Genentech
Anibal Gonzalez has been Director, Head of Automation Systems and Digital Integration - Cell and Gene Therapy at Genentech since November 2025. Anibal Gonzalez was Senior Principal Process Engineer, Cell & Gene Therapies at Genentech from 2024 to 2025, MSAT Principal Process Eng., Individualized Cell & Gene Therapy from 2022 to 2024 and QA Manager, Quality Systems there from 2020 to 2021.
Christopher Allen MS, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Director Facilities Engineering · Genentech San Diego
Christopher Allen MS, MBA has been Director Facilities Engineering at Genentech San Diego since February 2022. Christopher Allen was Director Facilities & Engineering at Illumina from 2020 to 2022, Director Of Engineering at Avara Pharmaceutical Services from 2019 to 2020 and Director Engineering, Facilities, Capital Projects at Paragon Bioservices, Inc. from 2017 to 2018.
David Shaw
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Head of Cell Therapy Engineering and Process Development · Genentech
David Shaw has been Senior Director, Head of Cell Therapy Engineering and Process Development at Genentech since January 2019, based in South San Francisco, California. David Shaw was Technical Development CMC Team Leader at Genentech from 2015 to 2019, Senior Scientist and Group Leader, Early Stage Cell Culture, Pharma Technical Development there from 2010 to 2019 and Principal Research Scientist and Head of Molecular Biology and Protein Sciences at Roche from 2001 to 2010.
Gautham Sunkara
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Site Automation · Genentech
Gautham Sunkara has been Director of Engineering, Site Automation at Genentech since August 2025 and was Sr Engineering Manager, Site Automation there from 2024 to 2025. Gautham Sunkara was Engineering Manager, Site Automation at Genentech from 2022 to 2024 and a Sr Automation Engineer there from 2016 to 2022, and describes work on process controls and building automation systems.
Luis Sosa
LinkedInExperience: Process Engineering Director, Manufacturing Science and Technology · Genentech
Luis Sosa has been Process Engineering Director, Manufacturing Science and Technology at Genentech since September 2022 and was Senior Process Engineering Manager, Manufacturing Science and Technology there from 2013 to 2022. Luis Sosa was a Senior Engineer in the same group at Genentech from 2011 to 2013 and Sr. Engineer Process Development at Amgen from 2006 to 2011.
Mani Zhang
LinkedInExperience: Director of Process Engineering · Genentech
Mani Zhang has been Director of Process Engineering at Genentech since July 2022 and was Process Engineering Manager there from 2017 to 2022. Mani Zhang was Chief Process Engineer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals from 2013 to 2017, a Senior Process Engineer there from 2009 to 2013 and a Process Engineer at Amgen from 2006 to 2009.
Pauline A. Fujita
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Engineering - Analytics & Workflows · Genentech
Pauline A. Fujita has been Global Head of Engineering - Analytics & Workflows at Genentech since July 2025. Pauline A. Fujita was Head of Scientific Insights Engineering at Genentech from 2024 to 2025, Director of Computational Engineering there from 2023 to 2024 and Associate Director, Scientific Research at Illumina from 2021 to 2023.
Richard Hachoose
LinkedInExperience: Head of Frontline Engineering (Senior Director) · Genentech
Richard Hachoose has been Head of Frontline Engineering (Senior Director) at Genentech since June 2021, based in Vacaville, California, and was Head of Engineering (Senior Director) at Genentech from 2020 to 2021. Richard Hachoose was Director Of Process Engineering, SME at Wood, E&I Solutions from 2016 to 2020 and a Senior process engineering manager at Middough Inc. from 2014 to 2016.
Vivian Kam
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Genentech
Vivian Kam has been Senior Director of Engineering at Genentech since January 2025, with a profile headline of People + Software + Biology. Vivian Kam was Senior Director of Engineering at Invitae from 2023 to 2025, Director of Engineering there from 2021 to 2023, Head of Engineering, Scalable Genetics from 2018 to 2021 and an Engineering Manager at Invitae from 2017 to 2018.
Yogesh P.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, AI Enablement · Genentech
Yogesh P. has been Director of Engineering, AI Enablement at Genentech since January 2025 and was Director / Senior Principal Engineer, ML Engineering there from 2024 to 2025. Yogesh P. was Data Engineering Manager, Clinical AI at Genentech from 2021 to 2024 and a Staff Software Engineer, Analytics at Roche from 2020 to 2021.
Choose the right perspective
Pick the person whose engineering area is closest to your question, since process and manufacturing engineering, site automation, facilities, cell and gene therapy systems and software or AI engineering involve different work. Check the dates on each role to see how current the experience is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your current engineering role, and what did it teach you?
- 02How do you decide which engineering problems get your team's time when manufacturing, research and compliance needs compete?
- 03What have you learned from your own work about scaling a process or system from development into regulated production?
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